Biostatistics Services in Clinical Research
Of all the functions involved in a clinical trial, biostatistics is probably the most misunderstood by people outside the field. It's often treated as a downstream service, something that happens after the "real" trial is finished, when someone runs the numbers and produces the results section. That framing gets the sequence backwards. A biostatistician's most important work usually happens before a single patient is enrolled, not after the last one completes their final visit. Biostatistics services shape whether a trial can...
